introduction: outcome expectation is considered as a basic and significant variable in education. it is a cognitive-motivational component that takes the individual into account as an active and sensible decision-maker. the present study was conducted to determine the correlation of outcome expectations with academic performance of kermanshah students of nursing and midwifery. methods: in this ...

BACKGROUND Studies in higher education indicated that students' expectation for their educational services are not provided sufficiently, particularly in developing countries that implies on gap between the students perception on current situation and their expectations from educational services. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the gap between student perception and expectat...

INTRODUCTION The quality of the relationship between postgraduate students and their supervisors often determines the progress of the students. BACKGROUND Successful supervision according to students is associated with the expertise of the supervisors and their willingness to share their knowledge with their students. On the other hand, supervisors expect their students to be able to work ind...

We tested whether classroom activities that encourage students to connect course materials to their lives will increase student motivation and learning. We hypothesized that this effect will be stronger for students who have low expectations of success. In a randomized field experiment with high school students, we found that a relevance intervention, which encouraged students to make connectio...

Asian American parents espouse higher academic expectations relative to parents from other ethnic groups, yet these high expectations predict greater self-doubt in children who fall short of expectations. In the present study, 69 Asian American and 33 Latino undergraduate students discussed their parents’ expectations, how supportive they felt their parents were with their choice of major and s...

conclusions existences of gap in dimensions indicated that expectations of students are not met and it indicates their dissatisfaction, and thus it is a necessity for improvement in all dimensions. results in overall, 80% of educational expectations were not meet; there was a negative gap at all phrases and dimensions and the gap was more negative for educational experts (-1.45 ± 0.89) compared...